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ODE TO BEXETOLEXCB . CttSSlisi . maid , in snoiry Test , With tearful eye , and throbbing breast , 0 friend of man , indulgent poir * r , Conduct me toiby sacred bo »* r—-jySere the pure ioTes thy Jcflsencd share , jjuhroiial sweets perfnmeihe air . iad meltingatrins 61 mnsle-wild , Thro * ths deep stillness gliding mild , Oa the ear enraptnr'd steal , A nd namelesBtcstades reveal ; TV&king the b&rmoxues of mind , "PThirh man to man so ysreetly tlnd 3 Those fine accords , mysterious ties , The feeling heart ' s blest
sympathies—Tell me Jhs place , enchaatrea tell , IVTiere chief thou tak ' at delight to dwtlL In vain 1 aearcb . the dark retreat , "Where superstition Tears her seat ; Sarikhi ihe Can-rent * dismal cell * Where ascetics alnggidi dweBAniH-whos 9 damp : sad cheerless gloouij itJTictimi rnthlesB pride entomb , With breaking heart and streaming eyes , TTbere each aad sight some Testa ! aghs , Torafrom the joufii her soul held dear : Can Kalnre ' a Qod condemn theteai ? In Tain J search the lonely shade , TTbere * T »» hrtwb » Ms care hath made ; And solitude , in cypress vest ,
Gdnnmes the hocra in Aelfbnb Test . Than , 03 soda ! nymph , I vnxa , Is imsj Jife are offbeat seen ; And yet in lain on thee I call In giddypleastire "« festiraliall . Mora vainly still 11 ml thy same Thro * ihe crowded courts of &ms ; "Where arnhiHon ' j jBery eye 2 f e * er drops a tear on misery ; Bat tynauy , In blood-stained Test , — While-iSercer torments ^ ack las breast Tban those Ids -wretched victims feel , Stretch'd on the JorEring bed of steel , Proclaims alond the horrid -arsr . See , bow the momfet snni& ^ &i
Xae snaabng Wood of slaughtered heaps Aad aa the frantic vridovTreeps , "With savage joy he ariniabertearj—Ber cries an music in his ears . ¦ JTbere war his Moody Jtandard rears . In Tain tiy gentle form appears . Sfceh from ibs palace let me bie , And swift -with thee , sweet virgin , fly TTo some lone cat , where porerty Despairing zlts Trith hopeless eye . O- Goddess , haate to Erin ' s land , There deign to take thy iiaBo Wd stand . O : lei toy soothing spirit heal The miseries which ier people ieeL ~ Lo > from his helpless children torn .
Thdr soleFnpport , their father borne Faiy £ srirom , his nativeland ; forced I > y oppressinn ' s iron band , To -Bander cm the ¦ wintry wave J Bacrime?—He -would not ba a stive . Sold , O- JkM that ruffian . hand I See , ^ prepares the horrid brand i Alas' the flaices already spread , A-nfl , 02 consnme the immble shed—TVhere misery alone could find A shelter from the piercing wind ; And fee , whose labour fed that pride , "Which now Ms snlTrings can deride ; Furioni , asd destitute Ernst xosm , TSI&oct a friend , withoai a home—His all destroyed 1 "what 1 nothing save J
O * no!—He conld net be & slave . B » J whence comes that dying moan 0 J whence that agonizing groan ! * 35 s 2 fatnre ^ parting pang *—He dies—A mangled , lifeless corse ie lies—An aged parents f osiiing hope , An aged parent ' s only prop 1 Salted , defenceless , ke was slain Sjysrmed soldiers ! O ! feul stain ! Oppression mark'tthim for the grave—His com » —He conld not be a slam 0 ! GofidBsa basleio Erin ' s lacd , ^ Ehaedagnrlotaietayballowd stand . 01 let iby soothing spirit heal 3 iBinis * ries -which her people feeL Z . 7 otb The Pbess , an Irish Ttaspaper , suppressed by Ssiznasad , io narry " Usios . "
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. «» . SOXG OF TTrp HAYMAKERS . IBs noontide is hot , and < rar foreheads are brows , Onr palms are afl shining and hard ; JjghttieEeis but trori with the wain and the tstk , And bat poor 3 a oar daily ret * ard . Bst ihett ' s joy in tie fnnshlne , and mirth in the laik That skims whistling away over head ; to spirit srs Jight , though our Ekins may be dart , And there's peace Tritb . car meal of bro" » 3 i bread-ITe ^ irsll in 2 hameadow , -xfb toU < m ihe soO , Jar away ficm the dtj ' s dnll gloom i is& more jolly a » we , thongh in rage we may be , 2 hsn the pale faces orer the loom , 2 ai a song aafl a cbmt , fsr the bonnk green staife Qnamng up to the snn wiceandiigb j Isti ^ jwtchetB . aiid raters , and merry haymaiers , ind the beanfflnl Hidsammersfe .
teneffirlb , jenHe ladies—come forli , dain ^ mis , Aidlsnd nsyonrpresence awhile ; Tascrments will gstierxD stain from the bnrs , iifia £ ecilBWon ^ ttaiiiislJ yenr smile-Da csrpsfs more soft for your delicate feet Ban fee pile of yoar Telreted floor ; Aa 3 tie air of our balm swarth is snrely as sweet A » Use -peSums cfAiaKa ' a shore . CBLeisiih , noble masters , come forth lo fllB £ t ! S , ^ fbere feahness and health may be lotted ; IQias the wind-rows are spread lor ihe butterflies , Ab 3 thedoter-bloom fmeth aronnd . Ihaiasongand » cheer for &e bonnie green stack , GiHbing up to Qie snn wide and Ugh ; Jnthe pitchers , and laiers , and merry 2 iaymaiers , ¦ infl the besntifol 3 OdsnmmEr siy .
"Ida iasi r cries the waggoner , lonffly and onick ,: ¦ 4 » 3 ftea comes the hearty " G « e-wo !" KIBe ike anming t ) ld team-horses manage to pick A BweBtmonihfnl to munch as they go . Use tawny-iacea " cbUdren come ronndns to j ) lay , And trafdy they scatter the heap ; 313 the ifcueslOTe , iS ontspent with the fan , li cnrlpd np with the sheep-dog , asleep . « d a ? a stteih-down © n the iaycoc ^ B iair crown , At the close cf isex labcnring ^ ay ; iadwijfces bis life , like the grass at Ms feet , Slay be pBresitit 8 " pa 2 si 5 g away . " 2 beo a song asda enter for the bainae green stack , CSmbing up u > tbesnn wide and high ; * OTtte pitchetSjand Taiers , and marryliajsiikeTS , And tte benitifnl MidssmiBBr hkj . Euti Cook .
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CA 2 JS 1 E . —A Uopzks Jack Sheppabdi > S ! 5 G iiciPs pbom Camjsle Gioi- —Kotwiihs * BeiEg the eseelient anaiigeiseiiis c-f car conuty f « 4 we iare to record the escape of a prisoner from * 2 fca its walls ; but it -was the resnlt of aai adTen"ftso perilcns in its ^ f , and acccmplisfeed srith sneh « a aordiEarj daring , thai we ma j safe ! j Bay it was ?^ pe *^! & bo possible foresight t-ould prrreni . ^¦ tte recent Carlisle sesaons , a lad named Law-^ celtecgaa , jaRas Jose&b Barneswho-was onlv
, ^ c jars ofage , Tras eonTicied od an indictment « r sanDEr serfral eStct spocas , tbe property of ^•^ sac Scott , of "WorMngtoD . His case excited ^ soaable attention &onr the fact that he -was . «»« a fepaj of thieves of which , nolcss than three , ' ^ e ttSTicied at the last sessions . On the trial it "fcjpewa ihai iawrcnee Pocgan bad been pre- ; J *~ pf sonneted aud imprisoned for theft eome ^ 3 a ? o ; and he was tber ^ ore sentenced io trans- ' SSo ^ l * SBTen S ^ ars . The eantest entreaties ' w sne laa ftr a mttiEarfon « f Me mmfefanMtt- ini ^ w ?
Bmtiwi ^ 7 ^ senSsaics -was ssmranced ,. J ™ , ™* aaafiona . tj : etiine . After his fcTtK ^ " ^ ss nsnal , sntjectcd to harf labonr £ 2 f- ™ & f ^ toN ; sraptonB of catarrh , j ^ absegieufl y placed In " the hospilal , and »; ^«^ pDt npon his chest . At nigit , howerer ,, ^ tor ^ to make his escape from the hospital , ; H& ^ lr 21 ^ 5 * 11115 1 "" ** 64 ^ s leads he escaped SLrf ^^ lhe Grown Court . hisr&nte being ckarlv ^^» ie , nsta he dropped itto the Ebmshery be- ' ^ a , opposite to Mr . Head ' s ba ^ k . The cbficol-^« sehad to enco ^ atsr"arere most forjcidslfle . The r ^ walet fr om the hospital is a iraitlDW TOlh three ** == © f sla 5 E , but tie fcara cf Ihesash ar _ e of iron , * m ^ . t ®? 6 ts ^^^ si them is barely six inches « w a half wide , and « d 7 t fifteen and a half inches
*^ Torrxau ; g 5 a 3 p £ rtaieEp small , that it seems a ** yQcsl 3 inpc = 3 lslliij for any b ^ Tna ^ being , beyond ^*» of childhood , to force himself through it . ^^ DooganccntriFed to do , bnt it is snpposedhe ^ s » saaea in ihe attempi , by a deserter , of the j - * £ T ^ mat , -who was also in the hospital at the ^ - ^ iefest , howe-rer , is one of great difficulty , . j tJUb he janst hare come itrongh bead foremost ?^* Barrel how he gsaied his feet mihon i serions t ? ! - 0 ace « iri 3 fle thn ¦ hosnital "his 'WOrkTraS hnt
^ a > if 3 icidable Tral ] , of fnll twEnty-dght feet ^^ gsto be scaled ; and ihis he conld only ac-3 J ^ V ihehdp of a fxail . leaden Tfater pipe j ^* rnis tp the wall &r twenty-fonr feet , and haw 113 ^ S 0 T t *» f DDX > To c *™ tMs ? ^ . t ^ qnired extraordinary strength and dariEg ; ansnv ^ B T £ ac ^ ed the top of the pipe , where a -o r , i ^^ or enp , receiyes the rain feom the leads * wfifiutej ., ^ tjje ^ o ^ ^ jb scarcely possible he few ? ie Ta 5 scd himself to his feet , or ho w **» tis first prtcarions foofiag . from the top
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of the pipe to the top of the parapet cf the leads is a < iis ? 2 tee of fuBy lour feet ; and the Hinnoumiag this ebstacle was the most perilous part of the whole undertaking—Ihe slightest mistake mast have precipitated the adventurer to the bottom of the yard , and dashed him to pieces ; hut it would appear that he reached it by a b $ > ld and YigoTon ? spring , as the lead eridenilj neat tinder his feet , auu one of the two nails by which it is attached to the wall tras torn from its holding . It was a leap deciding life or death 1 but is succeeded ! i and having gained a purchase for his arms , a strenuous effort placed him on the top j the difficulty of this must hare been much increased by the parapet being wide and rounded , instead of square . From the leads to the Court House the way ib comparatvrely easy , but it
involved a dropping leap of nearly twenty feet from the leads of the Court House to the lower "buildinei and a farther descent of still more from thence to the shrubbery , by both of which the lad must hare been considerably shaken . It is a singular feature in his escape , that be did not take any blanket , oi other means of helping himself , and although he must hare left the hospital naked , he appears to have-passed his clothing through the aperture and dressed himself afterwards , as his prison clothes are gone , and there are marks-on the parapet , where tee woollen part of his coat came away in his struggle to reach the top . A reward of £ 20 was immediately offered for his recaptnre , and the exertions oi the police are unremitting ; but up to the time oj onr going to press , no trace of the caring lad has been discoTErei—Carlisle Palriol .
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Steamers are running from Hull to Hamburg twice a week . Utsecht . —It appears from the raport of tbe Estates of the proviucB of Utrecht , that the population amounted on tha 1 st of January , 1843 , to 147 , 915 souls . TheBcssias aksty being employed on the St . Peters burgh and Moscow Railway is now confirmed , so that the line is likely to be prosecuted with -vigour . The Belgian Kaii / wat traffic for April , ii 643 , 399 francs , £ 25 , 736 ; number of passengers ,, 783 , 277 ; goods * traffic , £ 2 , 279 . The Export of ceal from Bristol has fallen f » m 3 , 614 tons in fho year 1 S 4 J , to 2 , 481 tons in 1843 , oi nearly one-half . ' It is asserted that the Prussian Government has snggested to the states of the German confederation a central system of railway administration on the plan of Zollverein or Customs Union .
As some persons were shooting at & mark new the Tillage Pierrefltte , near St . Denli , lately , a ball struck a pebble on the ground , and , rebounding , penetrated the left breast of a young girl of eighteen , standing at some distance , and kiiled her instantaneously . Postmastehs ic-nriTng newspapers , which pass through thair hands , for tbe purpose of being read , if proved to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-Genera ] , will be dismissed . Shocking . —A man named Fizgerald was committed from TYorship-street , on a charge of selling , for prime Dorset butter , a pan of cart grease , covered over on = the top with a coating of the genuine article . Several persons have bj this means been , imposed npon .
On DiT , that Sir B . Peel has intimated to the Bishop of London the settled determination of Government to p » i down ih # Pasej movement , and teat we shall shortly hear of the supersedea $ -lng of Bishops as weD as Magistrates . MOBB " Dead Weight . "—An order in Council has josS been made , under which thirty parsers are to be permitted to retire on ths half-pay of 8 s . 6 d . per diem . The Board of Admirality will select those whose qualifications come np to tbe rn-2 e laid down by their Lordships . The increased half-pay commenced from the 1 st of July .
*• Free Boks Britons . "—Vive men were committed from jLamt > eth-street to the House of Correction , far refusing to « lo the work required of them by the Board i i Guardians of the Stepney Union . They complained- bitterly of being allowed nothing for breakfast bnt dry bread , being kept at woik grinding glass -till so late an hour in the day teat it was impossible to get to any work out of the onion boose . Bad Xnts fob the ibo ? Trade . —The Coiurier de Lyon states thai water-pipes made of thick glass , covered with a coating of bitumen , and made to insert into each other with bitumen joints , are being manufactures at Bive-de-Gier . These pipes will , it is asserted , bear a higher degree of pressure than thoBg oi cast iron , and are 30 per eent . cheaper
Sisgulab Facx—At the Burgess Hill siaaon , near Nottingham , » nest , filled with yoang birds iof tbe water-wsg-tsil kind ) wsa discovered under the rail over wfcieh tbe trafis is daily > 5 EsiKg , and it is somewhat extraordinary teat Dtither the old birds nor the young cnea take any alarm at the engine and carriages thundering over them . Since it was discovered , it has bets placed under the especial care of the policeman of that station . Kcmber or Kewspjpebs at phesen 3 Published 15 D 1 FTEBEST PaHTS OF THE " WORLD — In Spain there are twelve newspapers ; in PortngAl , seventeen ; ' in Switzsrland , thirty-six ; in Russia and Poland , tj gbty-fottr ; ia Holland , loO ; in Great Britain , BBariy 3 oa ; in Prussia , £ ss ; in the other Germanic States , 305 ; in Australia , nine ; in Asia , twsnty-seven in Africa , twelve ; in America , 1 . 138 . The total number cf newspapers published ia Europs is 2 , 148 .
At Usjna , in Frinle , a poor man suffering onder the agonL-iug torture of hydrophobia , was enred with firelights of Tinegar giYen him by mistite , instead of another poUan . A physician at Padua got intelligence of this event , and tried tbe same remedy npon a patient at tbe hospital , administering a pennd of vinegar in tie morning , another at noon , and a thin ! at " sunset , and the man was speedily and perfectly cured . " SlAJLtTAT TRAFFIC—The / allowing isa calculation of the wefSly ' returaj of forty-one railwaTS 1 , 519 miles in leE-gtb ;—limnber of passengers Gn twenty-six railways , 367 , 626 . consequently the total for the week must be above SOO . OOo . The receipts for passengers for fortyone railways , jg 78 , 860 Is . led .: ditto for jjoods on tbirty ^ eix railways , £ 22 , 451 7 s . Id . ; £ l « l 311 9 s . 6 d . This -is an average of £ 6 f ^ - pa mUe per week . The traffic , therefore , is certainly at the rate of about four millions asd a fealf a yeax , and carrying twenty millions of passengers .
xSTEaoedijjast Fish . —A man , named Hawtry , who was trolling a short tfme si » ce in the Thames , at Clewer , near "Windscr , hooked one of ihe largest pikes ever caught in the river ; and , after skilfully " playing" wiih the pike for npwards of an hour and ahalf he at length landed it safely on the hank , bnt not without considerable difficulty , being alone , and unprovided with so necessary an aid as a landing gafL" Tnis enormons fish , which has just been stuffed as a great curiosity , weighed rewards of 301 bs , and 13 three feet seven inches and a half in length 1 Mr . Mills , banker , of Lombard-strict , who was ' * spinning" in the Thames , from a punt , on Saturday last , caught , in the course of the afternoon , between Windsor and Datchet bridges , three splendid tTOUt . in beautiful condition , which weighed upwards of 251 bs . A barbel was alro ho&ktd , and landed , near Datchet , two feet ten inches long , and weighing 24 lbs .
ZxraAOBDiKART Lobster . —A lobster was pnrchaseri at Billingsgate last week which measured in length two feet five inches and a half—tbe size of the body * was sixteen inches , and the claws measured npwards of fourteen inehes . Altogether it was tha bandiomesi specimen of the kind ever exhibited in Billingsgate market . A Patai . Legact . —An ir . qnest was held on Saturday at the Captain Cock , Jlarman-street , Commercial-road , before Air . Baker , on the body of Frederick Bentley , aged 30 . Deceased bad been a publican ,
and having had a cons-iccxaWe ram left him by a relation , gave up business with the intention of Irving privately . Since he gat ptteseesion of the property , he had not , the witnesses said , been sober for a single day , but filled his pockets with money and treated indiscriminately all he met . Thursday morning he was seen leaning against a honse in Back-road , St . George's , bleeding from tbe nose and mouth . He was inen intoxicsited , and said as well &a he could that he thought he had broken a blood-vesseL He was taken to a surgery , where attempts were made to administer medicine bnt ' without success
and he was conveyed home , but before entering the house be expired . A surgeon said that a continued course of drunkenness , and consequently great ex-¦ citeznent , was the cause of the rupture of the vessel from which he died . Yerdict— "Died from the bursting of a hlcod-vessel caused by excessive drinking . " A SwfGrLAB Phenomenon appeared in the harbour ef Valetfa , at . Malt * , lately , the watersuddenly risng to the height of three feet , and overflowing the works of the new dry dock ; it almost immediately fell five feet and a half ; during this period a very Btresg current was running out of the harbour , which the boaicsen conld searsely stem . It ig supposed this ^ ircnmstniiCB mn 3 t have ocenned tbron h some earthquake at a remote distance .
The name of the Penitentiary at Mulbank has been changed to MiUbaai Prison , and placed under the superintendence of inspectors . _ The practice of visiting jnEtices has been discontinued , and magistrates have now no power over tbe internal management of the place . These alterations have been effected by an Act which csme into operation on the 27 th mt ^ entitled , * ' An Act for regulating the Prison at iDUbank . " Esgiosh Haw a Gbkax Rtspecteb ON PKRSONB . — On Wednesday Sir Thomas PMHipps , Bart ., of
Middle Bill , near Broadway , late Mayor of Newport , MennumthEhire , was indicted at our County Sessions , in conjunction with two persons named Farj ) kner and . Fletcher , lor misdemeanour , in assaulting one Thomas Cooper , a tax collector , in the execution of his * lnty . The offeEce was clearly substantiated against the principal , Sir Thomas Phillips , who was foncd guilty of a common assault , but tha evidence against Faulkner and Fletcher was so slight that , tbe Jury acquitted them . Sir Thomas PhHlipps was pnnished hy a fiae ct £ lO , which of course was paid immedlately ^ and there was an end of
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the farce . It will be seen by the report of the trial that Sir Thomas waa seated on the Bench with the magistrates while it took . place , and that his codefe ' ndants sat with him ; that is , he was seated oa the Bench as a member of the very Court which tried him , and , for all the means the public have of knowing to the < 5 ontraij , iaQi « ht have voted in the 'division of magistrates which took place on the iquestioa whether he should be fined £ 10 or £ 20 . fThe fact of Sir Thomas Phillipp 3 , appearing as he did in the character of a person ; against whom a Grand i Jury had returned a true bill for misdemeanour in Jasswilting a Queen ' s officer , sitting on the Bench jwithhis Judges , is a proofs of the observation pietfixed in Ahe shape of heaidins ' to this article , that
English , law is a fereat respector of persona . Had F the Baronet and his co-defendants been allowed to sit beside their counsel , it would have been the only concession which ought W have been extended to -them , and which , according to any practise of the \ Court in cases v » here persons of the better class are : concerned , they could possibly have expected , But iwe shall make the respect for persona more apparent ; by contrasting this case with the treatment ofWm . I Gomm , a millwright , who" was indicted for an assault ? on a peace officer at Kidderminster , the only difference between his case and that of Sir Thoma 3 Phil-Jipps being that there were not the slightest grounds { for the charge against ^ rpmm , who , so far from £ having committed any assault on the policeman ,
appears to hava given him a very proper and well [ merited castagation for his ; interference in a matter - which did nos concern him ; an interference held by the Court to be out of the performance cf his duty , and which the Jury , by iheir instant verdict of not iguilty , fnlly confirmed . But Gomm answered to his name in the prisoner's dock ; He was not allowed to isit by the magistrates whp were trying him , nor -oven beside the barrister Swho appeared on his behalf , though the verdict of the Jury , pronounced ; dearly in accordance with ^ the summing up of the Chairman , absolvedhimof the charge against him . | Sir Thomas Phillipps , accused and found guilty of assaulting an officer of her Majesty ' s revenue in the execution of his duty , rises from the
magistrates bench on which he sat duriag his trial , to receive sentence for the offence . The charge against Sir Thomas PMlIipps , the baronet , and the charge against William Gomm , tha working man , were of the same : nature—the one was found guilty , tbe other pnrged of all offence—yet the baronet , who was found guilty , was allowed to sit in the seat of honour in the midst of his Judges , while the labouring man , who was declared guiltless , was made to hold up his hand in the felon ' s dock , and there await the verdict of the Jury . We think after this no one will be so hardy as to deny the truth of pur text , that English law ; is a great respecter of persons . Sir Thomas Phillipps was fined £ 10 for the offenefl of which he was convicted . The utter
inadequacy of the punishment must he apparent to the least reflecting observer . What punishment is a fine of £ 10 , levied on a person Hko Sir Thomas Phillipps ! Is it any punishment at all ? Cannot every one of our readers call to mind cases where poor ignorant working people , not an educated and a learned , and by comparison with them , certainly rich gentleman , have been sentenced to three months at the treadmill for assaulting police officers . Such things are of too frequent occurrence not to be in the recollection of all the public who pay the least attention to these matters . To fine a person of Sir Thomas Phillipps' station and mean ? . £ \ Q for assaulting a collector of taxes , —an officer , be it observed , of the Queen ' s Majesty and armed in that
behalf with very summary powers , —is about equivalent to fining a poor labourer , who earns twelro or fourteen shillings a week by patient toil , sixpence for assaulting a policeman . But , if law is to be equal for rich and poor , then calculating the poor labourer ' s Sub at £ 5 for such an offence , the man of rank and fortune ought to pay £ 500 , or in proportion to the ratio in which his means exceed those of the labourer . Unless this be done , and we all very well knowat is not done , this system of punishment by fine is as unequal and unjust , as it is to place one offender in the criminal dock , while anothsris allowed to Bit cheek by jowl with the very persons who are trying , and njay be called on to sentence him . — tVorces : ershire Chronicle . —[ Tin * said Sir Thomas Phillips was Mayor of Newport , at the time of the Welsh outbreak ; and as snch , he was extremely active in visiting fupon John Fkost all the *• vengeance of
tho law . " He received his " Sir " -shi p for his efforts on that occasion . On a charge of making war on the Queen ' s person , in the person of her representatives , the troops , John Frost was sentenced to be HtaiG and QUARTERED ] ind he bad tho cruel indignity inflicted upon him of being compelled to see the scaffold on which the inhuman butchery was intended tojbave been perpetrated , builded before Iris eyes . For making war upon tht Queen ' s representative , the Inceme-tax collector , Sir Thomas Phillips was fined £ 10 , while seated on the judgment seas ! Verily , a * ' name" makes all the difference ! John Fb&st ' s offence yv&acalted " treason , " aad he was eent to horde among thieves and outcasts , after he had been treated as before detailed ; Sir Thomas Phillips ' a offence was called an " assault .- " and £ 10 satisfies cash-needing Jpstice I How would Frost have fared , bad be been a * ' S « r" i ]
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LETTERS FROM THE MOUNTAINS . BKIJiG A SERIES OF LETTERS TKOM AN OLD MAN IS THE COlTJfTET , TO A 1 OU > G UiN IN DDBLIN . From "The Baontiea of tbe ' Press : '" aseHtclion of original Articles , Essays , $ c ., which originally appeared in the " Pbess' ? muspaptr , ettablished in Ireland by Arthur ( J Connor , a / ier the forcible suppression of the Northern Star by the Govern ' meat ] LETTER IV . Necessity is called tbe tyrant's plea . It must be worse than tjrauny , that cannot plead even necessity . Can the present managers of our thectre of calamity plead necessity as a justification of tbe horrors into which they have plunged us ?—No ; three measuresconcession to the Catholics—even the shadow of a
Parliamentary Reform—some amelioration in the condition of th ? peasantry : these would have fully paci . fled the country , without impairing tbe just prerogatives of the crewn , oi destroying that -vigour of government , of which some among us are such admirers . The Irish people were not prone to insurrection . The peasantry , in general , are an indolent , much-enduring race , aubiriSBive to their superiors , evtn to an excess of servility . The extremity of oppression and misery alone could de&troy the implicit veneration and terror , with which they bad been taught to view rank and property —and to rouse them to violation of law , and to outrage on their task-masters , who , when they asked for bread , gave them a stone . We shall be apt to think that the complaints of the people have some good
fcu&daUoc , when vre consider the parts of the kingdom which have been pointed out , and punished , as the chief seats of seditua , tbe fountain head of disaffection . Are they not the most sober , industrious , and enlightened parts of the inland ? What are the descriptions of paople who have been marted oat for proscription and perccntfon ? - —Not a Cataline , nor a Celhegtis—not the libertine populous ef Insurious capitals ; but tbe humble peasant , the plain farmer , the frugal manufacturer , the sober rational merchant , and the pious teacher of the Christian faith . Taess are not the materials , Jet me tell the werld , of which wanton rebellion is composed . They are great and crying grievances alone , that can call from their retirements the sons of sobriety , industry and peace , and lead them to join the
bands of di » fuct 5 on . F / ujj tbe « e premises , I conclude that the occasions of severity , the pretences for superceding the laws were ccurttd by our present rulers . Terror and ceer * ion bting introduced , as the principles of government , every part of society isfllled with danger and suspicion—the circulation of thought is destroyed ; the jntercenrse cf life is poisoned ; all expressions of the pnblic wish , tbe surest guarantee against secret conspiracy , is unwisely prohibited . In one county , tbe gentry and freeho ] : era , legally convened by the Sheriff to exercise tbe constitutional right of petitioning their Sovereign , were actnally dispersed by an armed force . Meetings for a similar purpose were prevented in other counties , and in the second city of this country , by menaces of military execution . Government baa
adopted arbitrary imprisonment : of the most peaceable and respectable individuals , ' for indefinite times , and ; without knowledge of their accuser , intimation of their offence , or hope ef trial . If there can be any plausible reasons alledged for dispensing with some of the formalities of law in the arrestment of persons who are supposed to be disaffected—none can , surely be offered for any wanton delay in the examination , according to the cjnree of law , of their guilt or innocence . It Is to be feared that such conduct may terminate in the rendering of many persons disaffected , who were loyal previous to their commitment An imprisonment for nine or ten months , on a charge
unspecified and unfounded , through the suggestion of aperjured andivillainous accuser , fished up -from the very sink of the ; community with all bis Imparities reeking on his bead , wi ' -l not improve the loyalty and good temper of the BTiffeTer . Can we wonder if meu of 770 x 01 tempers fend-strong resentment , who in themselves 01 their near connections , are marked out as the objects of severe persecution , should be guilty of some rash and nnguarded txpressions ? Is it uot to be ftared that a contiauance of xlgovr may suppress the outward form and expression of discontent , by tbe present influence of terror , but -will leave a deep tooted disaffection secretly rankling in the mind ?
We were led to hope that the ; system of espionage andj proscription Would have been relaxed and mitigated , on & view of the dreadful iflnd detested harvest or perjury ft has produced . It has been proved , not in one , ortwo , or a small number of instances ; but with a strange uniformity through every part of the country , at the last and the preceding assiz ? s , that an infamous tisfflo In blood pievaUed . How many innocent and respectable persons , who had been torn from their homes , their honest industry , and their dearest connexions , and languished in dungeons for many months , have been acquitted on the clearest and most satisfactory evidence—and resigned their places in the dock to tie Very witnesses agaiu&t them , ^ tbo have been convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury—perjury of the blackest die—to destroy the lives and characters of guiltless men , for hire 2 What disgrsceful scenes have
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been disclosed ! what foul conspiracy . ' what intemperate thirst of blood ! what evidence extorted by the extremity cf torture ! Ought not the sight of all this to have , produced some consideration and compunction ? Ought it not t . o have produced some cessation of that rigour above law , displaying itstslf in preventive persecution and cautionary cruelty ? Should not the beareia of the iron rod have inquired whe ^ er Sthe freight of information and informers , which they had bought or manufactured , with bo small pains to themselve * , and cost to the publL \ was not a base and unprofitable kind of mewhandiz *? Ought they not to cave supposed it not only possible , ; but highly probable thai ; tbose [ respectable and virtuous persons who have been singled out aa martyrs in the cause of
freedom , Bud pined weary months in severe captivity , may have been torn fipn their homes and families , from the enjoyment of domestic comfort and the pursuit of useful and laudable occupations , on the venal deposition of a forsworn informer , or the vagne suggestion of weak credulity ? The recorded , examples of aiUflcial alarm and cruel folly which' were exhibited in England when a whole nation wati the dupe , and ao many innocent people wete the victims of the infamous Oates and his vile accomplices;—shall these be forgotten as if they were etaBed from tbcj page of history ? Who that recollects how many perished by their monstrous fictions , equally gross , improbable and circumstantial , conld suppose it possible that such tragedies couldibe repeated in a humane and enlightened age ? Vet , houses have ia the
been forced open dead hour of the night : tbejr ownera have been hurried away with circumstances of uncommon outrage ; jthey have not been allowed even the poor consolation of bidding farewell t o their weeping families ; they have been kept in filthy guard-rooms , amidst the noise and ribaldry of common Boldiers . Some of the objects of these severities , after many days of suffering , have been wholly discharged , ior suffered to depart on their parole—others have been detained whole months and then reluctantly liberated , though their innocence was iipparent . As the imprisonments were without mercy , ' eo the releases were without clemency ; and new arrests so closely followed ! them , that one might suppose the former captives bad been discharged only through want of bouse room in tbo bastile of the country . ;
I cannot pass unnoticed , aringnla * bind ' 'of recognizance , which was lately introduced , In some Instances by wbicb parsons were obliged , as the condition of obtaining freedom , to . jbind themselves in a penal form to quit a certain district or county . The only instance which I can find parallel , or iu any degree similar to this curious device , ia what was practiced In Scotland by the wicked and tyrannical Lauderdale , To engsge the gentry on the aide ot the persecutors , a bond or contract waa , by order of the ffivy Council , tendered to the landholders of the West , by which they were to engage for the good behaviour of their tenants . But it was ridiculous ( as Hume justly remarks ) to give sanction to laws by voluntary obligations .
The reign of Charles II . inglorious abfead , and oppressive at home , bears a striking analogy In many particulars , to the present tlmea . Much ot the history of what passed in Scotland at ; that period in particular , would appear with tbe mere variation of names , to be a faithful picture of what is now passing in Ireland . The Scottish Covenanters respmbled the United irishmen of the present day , in their union , and their perseverance ; and they were , like them , decried , villifisd , and persecuted . Take ( for instance ) tf " extract : " As It was found difficult to get evidence against these conventicles , however numerous ; it was enacted , that whoever , being required by the counoil , refused to give evidence
on oath , should be punished by arbitrary fines , by imprisonment , or by banishment to the plantations . Thus as persecution naturally , or rather necessarily adorns the iniquities as well as the rigours of the inquisition ; what a considerable part of the society consider as their duty and their honour , and that others are apt to regard with compassion and indulgence , can by no other expedient be subjected to such severe ; penalties , as the natural sentiments of mankind appropriate only to the greatest crimes . "; Here the inquisitorial power of sending for persona and compelling them to give information under paid or arbitrary imprisonment , is bestowed in a much more dangerous latitude , on the single magistrate .
To what real cause or motive are we to ascribe the present system of severity ? To tho oveibeaiing inso-) ence of conscious strength , exulting over the feelings of tbe people , and despising their resentment , ox to tbe influence of secret terror ? certain it is , that no passion is more cruel and sanguinary , than panic fear : be that as it may , the history of what passed in Scotland famishes an example of military coercion , perfectly similar to that whioh prevails in Ireland at this day . " Military force ( says Hume ) waa let loose by the council . Wherever the people had generally forsaken the : churches , the guards were quartered throughout the country . Sir
James Turner commanded them , a man whose natural ferocity of temper , was often kflimed by ihe use of strong liquors . He went about aud received from the clergy , lists of those who absented themselves from church , or were suppbsed to frequent conventicles . Without proof or legal conviction , he demanded a fine from them , and quartered soldiers on the supposed delinquents , till be received payment" ( Now , indeed , instead , &f the supposed delinquents paying a flue , be is committed to prison , or sent on board a tender . What do I say ? this is mercy , ' Hia houae ia burned , and be is shot ) . —Again— " A multitude not accustomed to discipline , averse to the restraint of laws , trainel up in rapine and violence , > were let looae amidst a people , whom they were taught to regard as enemies to their
prince and to their religion . Nothing escaped their ravenous bands . By hardships , and sometimes by tortures , men were obliged to discover tbeir concealed weulth . Neither age , uor sex , nor innocence afforded protection- " What was the end of all this in Scotland ? The long-suffering and firmness of the people prevailed . Just so it is in Ireland ; the soldiery are let loose on the people- What willj be the event ? •**—It ia said that the United Irishmen , though they pretend only to a Reform in Parliament , are the secret friends of anarchy , and wish to make this country the seat of war . What is tbe remedy ? I will H 9 ( compare the
military with tbe United Irishmen—I will not say , that they ontrage the persons of his Majesty ' s liege subjects ; that they plunder and destroy their dwellings . Far be it from me to sayi that some of the Yeomanry assume , with the garb and functions of the common soldier , a spirit of unprincipled ferocity , and breathe out rage that wonid disgrace a Crete or a Tartan . Vet certainly though-we may give government all p » 8 sible credit for good intentions , toe country is in a state of uncom mon misery . Every hour brings forward some tale of rapine , murder , and every hostile aggression ; sometimes perhaps against the disaffected , too often against tbe peaceable and unoffending . '
The military having now superceded the civil authority , and being invested with the whole preservation of internal order and care of the police in moat parts of Ireland , they bave thought fit to shew themselves worthy of the important charge , by loyal addresses from the non-commissioned officers and privates of the different regiments . I will not intimate that Government may possibly be deceived by those solicited , or even extorted adddressea , that fill the . public prints at the expenee of the pnblic , and nre , no doubt , accounted for among the army extraoNiinariea . I will not even bint that the addresses in question may , in many instances , have been obtained by a certain mixture of menace and blandishment—I will suppose them the spontaneous , untutored declaration of the men
themselves . Tet ttill I am of opinion , that to the obtaining of this loyalty on paper , much of the solid discipline of the army has been sacrificed . I hold it unwise to accustom large bodies of illiterate mercenaries , to debate on politica l affairs in arms . Britain , rich , ambitious , and luxurious , grasping at conquests beyond her means and population , and at the same time seeking to overawe the discontents of tho people , by a military force at home , is obliged to maintain a numerous host of mercenaries . Tbe history of mankind tells ua , that every government , every country , that wholly deponds on a mercenary force , falls the victim of that whioh was hired to support it . The navy of England has given an alarming intimation of the dangers of her situation ; and I will venture to predict that the storms in that quarter are not fully overblown .
It is Dot by outrageous penalties and sanguinary Lvws , of a new constitutional fprm , that these perils may bo averted . It is by securing the affections of the people , by attention to their wants and complaints , by obtaining peace abroad , and rendering a numerous military force unnecessary , that theBe perils are to be averted . Believe me if the military are set above law—are invested with the whole civil authority , and police of the jaw—if they are , at the same time , freed from the restraints of discipline , and turned at large to scourge the people , they need no corruptere . They corrupt themselveB—they are already corrupted ;—they will soon turn the power and license , which were given them fo ? the oppression '; of the people , againsf their employers , and tyrannise over those , who hoped , by their means , to tyrannise ever the multitude .
The mention of military force naturally leada me to the yeomanry of Ireland . iwlsich I still wish to consider as distinguished from mere mercenaries . This institution was a favourite of [ the Viceroy , and tha Right Hon . Secretary . Part of the Irish Cabinet , if I am truly informed , apprehended it to be a dangerona experiment , and opposed it in its first concoction ; but superior authority prevailed , -iind it wtnt forward . What advantages ( yoifwill a . « k mo , ) did the patrons of thia mecsnre , in their own private thoughts , propose to themselves ? Their secret aim , as I apprehend , waa twofold . In the first place , they meant to establish a smothered war , originating in a syatem of coercion , between the opulent and the poor of this country . In tbe next place , they wished to lay down a line of de-¦
marcation , on plausible gircuudsi to introduce badges and enrigna ot party , to raise a standard TOtmd Which the adherenta of the present Administration might rally—nay , more , to attacji a degree of disgrace on all those who should refuse to crowd around this standard , by exhibiting them aa persona disaffected or cowardly , who were wanting to the defence of their country . There wastnucncminiDg and stability in the plana ; and in some measure it bus succeeded , and contributed more than aay other causO , to strengthen the bands of government , and to embolden it for the terrible agresaions against the people , iand Vhe grievous , intolerably grievous system of coercion -wbich has been adopted . —• I shall purnUB thia subject ; in a futuie letter—meanwhile believe me your sii cere frietc * , Montanus .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , July 7 . On the motion of tbe Earl of Dai . | housie the Canada Cora Bill was read a third time and passed . The Earl of A beRdeen postponed the next stage of the Scotch Church Bill till Tuesday . ) The Bishop of Saiisbury presented a petition from the Archdeaconry of Salisbury , praying for the establishment of a Bishopric in Manchester . The Archbishop of DuBira prponted a petition from certain persons connected w ' ith New Zealand , against the introduction into that colony , on the part of the Government , of individuals who bad beentranapetted for felony . j Lord Wharncliffb said the only convicts sent thither were boys , and they bad given great 8 atiafaction ia the settlement . j
Cord BROUGHAM then moved the second reading of tbe Slave-trade Suppression Biil , which led te some discussion , and the motion waa agreed to . Tho Limitation of Actions ( Ireland ) Bill then went through Committee , and will be read a third time on Monday . ! Their Lordships adjourned at Nine o ' clock . . ^
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Ebidat , JutY 7 . The Townshend Peerage Bill was read a third time and p&gasd . Two petions were presented from , the shipowners of the ports of London aud Scarborough , against the Coalwaippers Bill . j Mr . T . Duncombe presented a remonstrance from the London National Association , complaining that the Hou 8 o Of Commons did not represent the feelings of the country . I The Speaker intimated that a remonstrance could not be received , unless it came in the form of a petition . I Mr . Duncombb said he had referred to precedents , and found that a remonstrance could ba received , if it concluded with a prayer . After a brief conversation ,
Toe Speaker said if the House would postpone the question , he would refer to precedents ; and the House adopted the suggestion . ) In answer to a question from Mr . Christie , the Membet for Weymouth , the Attorney-General said it was his intention to proceed with the Law of Evidence Bill thia seaaion . Sir J . Graham , in answer to a ( question from Mr . T . Duncom . be relative to an intended measure for giving the home Secretary concurrent jurisdiction with the magistrates as to the authority over ] officers of prisons , said , in the course of the session he would introduce a Bill on the subject . j Sir B . Peel , in reference to remarks made by Sir R . Ferguson abeut the Irish Bills , said j it was a matter ef deep regret to him ' that legislation should be suspended as regarded not only these Bills , but others , and he did not know what power the Ctovernmeut could exercise to put an end to this obstruction The Government bad no control over the actions of individual Members .
Sir James Graham said the Government were most anxious to presss on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill and the County Courts Bill , but be could Dot say When they Would again come under discussion , j Sir R . Peel announced that on Monday it was his intention to move' tbe Committee on tbe Irish Arras Bill , and to take precedence of all others . The adjourned debate on the redress of grievances ( Ireland ) was then resumed . The first speaker was Mr . Cochrane . " Conciliation , " he aaidj was the wisest policy to adopt towards Ireland . J Mr . Waud complimented Mr . Cochrane for the kindly spirit which prevaded his speech . But tbe formidable organization going on in Ireland was not to be put down by kind speeches ; neither were the grievances ,
alleged in the speech of Mr . W . S . O'Brien , to be met by such a reply as that of Lord Eiiot ' s , on Tuesday night ; for the Secretary for Ireland ! , notwithstanding his humane and honourable character , treated the subject as if he were discussing the details of a turnpike bill , aud in deprecating the agitation ' , repeated official Iangnage with respect to Ireland of sixty years ago . Mr . O'Oonnell , who boasted of having three provinces with him , and a great portion of the north , was now chalking out bis plan for a Congress to meat "accidentally" in Dublin , pledging his reputation that he will drive the 300 members of his " accidental" Congress through any Act of Parliament that might be brought against them . Something , therefore , ] tbe Government must do . The spirit of nationality was now far more difficult to ba dealt with , seeing the population of Ireland had increased from four millions to eight ; and
to allay the mass of discontent , something practical should be attempted . The tenant must be protected from the landlord ; the franchise must be enlarged ; tbe Church should be reduced within reasonable limits , saving existing rights ; that Establishment was the great obstruction to peace and harmony between the two countries , and would continue so-until Ireland was treated like England and Scotland , each of which bad a church for the respective majorities . It was impossible that Ireland could be left as it is ; you may adopt a reckless and sanguinary policy , resuscitate the old cry of " No Popery" from its unhallowed grave , and creato a war of races and religions ; or a large and conciliatory policy , satisfying the people , and subduing an ngitatioo which nothing else can , and wbicb , so long as it exists , exposea us to the observation and the attempts of every country in Europe .
Mr . Emerson Tennent arranged the topics ol complaint iniJer two heads , the first of whioh , the maintenance of tbe Established Church , was too important to be incidentally discussed . If the Irish Established Church were to be surrendered , because of the dissent of a majority , the English Establishment mubt be prepared to be tried by the same test . The Union had bean accepted by the jProtestantfl , and agreed * o by the Koman Catholics , as a guarantee for the security of the Eatabliahed Church : and though anotJier condition , that of Catholic Emancipation , had been ao long delayed , that did not affect tbe contract deliberately entered into , and repeatedly confirmed on
the part of tbe Roman Catholics ; aud if they vrere prepared to retract their aelemn engagements , they ought also to surrender the advantages ! which had been conceded to them on the pledge of tbeir faith . Sir Denham N 9 R » ets replied tba ! t they were not diacueaing the Repeal of the Uulon , but the evils of Ireland , ot which , from his own knowledge , he adduced some practical illustrations , chiefly bearing on the ownership aud occupancy of the aoil ; the remedy of which wjs an improvement of the relations between landlord and tenant , and so removing the discontents of the peasantry , as to lead to that tranquillity which caused capital to flow inte the country , and promote manufactures , for which it presented such facilities .
Mr . Lasceixes briefly dwelt on thejimportnnce and justice of governing Ireland impartially , which he thought the policy of the administration aimed at . Mr . More OFeruall traced the agrarian outrages to lDaeaurtty of tenure , and the exercise of the power of ejectment over a wretched class ; and asked for a . law , similar to that which prevailed in Scotland , by whioh a tenant maybe secured in obtaining the means for outlay of capital in improvements . He did not approve of the Repeal of the Union ; but were Government to go to war with Ireland to put clown the agitation , and to call on all loyal subjects to aid them , he , for one , would firs * consider what had _ b . en done to retain their nffeotions . i
Mr . Shaw expressed his amazement that the changes shoulil be so continually rung upon the appointments of Baron L ^ froy and Judge Jackson ; land cited Mr . OCorinell as to whether the Whigs were more likely to satisfy the Repealers than the Tories . JThe idea of the substitution of " Russall" for "Peel" was answered by Mr . OConnell with "Bah t—Whig and , Tury might all be fcb . ak « n up in a bag together , ^ nd the first man drawn out would prove an enemy to ] Ireland . Mr . Shaw defended the Irish landlords ; and argued that the question raised as to the Established Caurch waa realiy whether it was to be Bnbvertefi—to which be apprehended the people of England were not likely to agree . The character of the Protestant clergy of Ireland was high ; there were 2 . 200 with an average income of £ 150 each : and even the Catholics would admit that , as well educated resident gentlemen , they were a blessing to the country . TbeTUoion and the Church must stand or fall together . The multitudinous
assemblages in Ireland inspired terror i n well-disposed subjects , and disturbed the public peace , and therefore were illegal ; the late Dublin tfeuionstjration , and the language used by Mr . OConnell , came within this description ; aud it was impossible that the Government could stand still , witi easing the ] progress of an agitation which might lead to bloodshed and ruin , and which ought to be firmly met by a vigorous administration of the law . , < ., .. « Mr . Macaulay remarked how inefficently the Government wua defended—supporters and opponents alike censuring its polfcy . The prcsfcn ^ widespread discontent must be largely traced to the Ministry and its party : from 1835 to 1841 this Repeal agitation did not exiet . Sir Kobert Peel had unquestionably a great " difficulty" in Irelacd . Amongst tho party supporting him was to be feuad the name of every man- who bad rendered himself odioua to tbe Irish pjeople—all who had resisted emancipation , all who had sounded the
alarm when Catholics Were admitted into the Government , every creature , who bed called the Irish Bishops " sons of Belial . " and every scribbler who had termed their priests " surpliced ruffians . " Remember bow they harr&sed the late Government on the subject of the registration and the franchise , admiUingjno delay ; and now in the Government they find that delay is essential , for their measure turned out one of di&francblsement It was impossible not to see through ' all thia ; the result proved tbat political probity waB tbe beat policy . Sir Robert Peel used to lecture on tbe inconvenience of
a ministry which permittei "open-questions ; " yet , in constructing his Irish Government he baa taken two individuals diametrically opposed in their views ; Lord Eltot as sccittary , and Mr . Serjeant Jackson aa Attorney-General , who , on the subject of education , edified the House by tha best Parliamentary |*' . 8 et-to" which had been witnessed for some time . Sir Robert Peei had endeavoured to govern Ireland as well as he could ,-but Sir James Graham , as Home-Secretary , waa practically tbe Irish Minister , and She had not only declared that " conciliation had reached its utmost . limits , " bub if words bad any meaning , he
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had also ( xpreivail bis re ' . 'rc ' . that CuU . olic emsLcrpa tion lir . fi been gnnttd- What had Iwe G JV / miuca done fcince this agitation commenced ? Proposed an Arms Bill , into which new and irritating provisions were introduce :, and dtesmisted magistrates on ground unconstitutional . Tiitse were tbe only acta ttey had performed ! Conciliation bad not been exhausted ; bu as-to the Repeal of tbe Union , all history was Bub stantially opposed to 'be experiment of two indepen dent legislatures harmonizing . On flsity of tenure b . 8 would rather learn than teach ; but soroo of the plans which had been proposed were useless , and otaera were neither more nor lees than confiscation . But they could manifest confidence in the Catholics by letting theai share in office and power ; even if those they appointed were somewhat opposed to . then in . politics , it was but a amall penance for the long exclusion of the past . The elective franchise wa 8 another matter for conBideratipn .
As to the Established Church of Ireland , he defied them to pick out , from the writings of any authority whatever , let him be the stanchest supporter of establishments , anything which would justify the present condition of the Irish Established Church . He would not destroy it * , bnt , respecting all veated rights , he would reduce the establishment to the wants of the Protestants , and place the two religions on a footing of perfect equality . Why wa 3 it , that under unfavourable circumstances there bad been no agitation for a Repeal of the Union with Scotland?—a union wbicb had been so complete and successful . Tha secret lay la the fact that the great Whig statesmen who surrounded the throne of Q / iaen ANTiE had recognised the national religion of Scotland . A similar course with Ireland would have ep&red us to all our present embarrassment . Bat it was not too late to adopt a conciliatory poiicy .
Sir James Graham , referring to the expressions which he used three weeks ago , expressed his regret that anything , in word or manner , should have given offence . He did not regret the course be bad taken oa the subject of Catholic Emancipation , and denied that the party with whom he acted had any other feeling , iu witnessing Citholies in tffice , than that of satisfaction . It was mere word-catching to fasten on bis expressiens about conciliation : he did not mean to imply that concession could not bo carried further . Mr . Macaulay had converted the discussion into & pasty debate , although it related to so important a subject . He proceeded to defend the Government with respect to tbe dismissal of magistrates , the franchise , the Arms Bill , and the bestowal of Government patronage—on
the latter head contending that their judicial appointments proceeded on professional merits . It was complained that " the voice of Irish Members was not heard in that House . " Such a statement was not consistent with the fact that some of the greatest ornaments of the House bad beeu Irishmen , from Burke down to O'Connell and ShieL In a dull and listless way , the . Houae scarcely maintaining attention , the Home Secretary touched on various topics , tending to show that Ireland had not been neglected by tbe Imperial Legislature ; and adverting to the opinions which bad been expressed on the subject ot the Church , said Mr . Roebuck would subvert it , that Mr . Ward , proceeding on the principle of population , would deprive the Protestant Establishment ef seven-eights of its property , while Mr . Macaulay argued for perfect equality between the two religions , and Mr . Charles Wood and Lord John Kursfcll were more modified . For himself , be could not consent to alienate any portion of
the revenues of the Church for the endowment of Roman Catholics—the loaintainence of the Church was involved in the articles of Union . He spoke the opinions of all his colleagues when be said they were determined to maintain the Establishment The crisis was important , and required plain speaking ; the Legislature most not hesitate to express its determined resolution , to maintain the Union ; and if the Government were to conduct the affairs of the country , it wa 8 essential that they should be strongly supported , and that their measures should meet no undue obstruction , If England was to maintain its position in tbe scale of nations , they must be prepared to put down tbe rebellious spirit manifested on the subject of the Repeal of the Union : to snffdr It to go on , would drag thia country into ruin . The adjournment of the debato was moved ; and after some discussion , in which Sir R Peei promised to give way , on Monday , with Government businesss , in order to let tbe fltbate Jbe confciuuously carriod on , the adjournment was agreed to .
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Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , July 8 . —During the week a steady demand for Flour of all descriptions has taken off tha fresh supplies of this article on arrival , aad , the trade being but light ia stock , factors were enabled to establish a further improvement in value , particularly on choice marks aad superfine whites , some quantity of the latter description having realized 41 s per sack . Oatmeal has likewise been iu rather better request , but the sales were chiefly in retail , and not extensive . The imports from Ireland and coastwise are but to a moderate extent . From Canada 7 , 843 barrels of
Flour , 316 barrels of Oatmeal , and 643 qrs . of Wheat , the first of tho season , are reported ; and S 00 barrels of Flour from the United States . The advance noted 0 { i Wheat in tho leading markets has had Us influence here , aud we may raise onr quotations 3 d to 4 d per 701 b 3 ia accordance . At our market this morning there was a fair attendance of the trade , and Flour wa 3 readily disposed of at fully Is per sack abovo the rates obtainable on this day se ' nmgbfc , confirming the price already noted as realized during the week . Oats continue scarce , and are Id to 2 d per 45 bs dearer , and the previous value of Oatmeal was firmly supported , some descriptions having reached 22 s per load .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , July 10 . — Since this day sa ' nnight we have had very moderate arrivals of British Grain , Flour and Oatmeal . From Canada there ato reported 630 qrs of Wheat and 6 , 401 barrels of Flour , tbe first imports of the season from that quarter . On tbe whole tbe weather has been favourable for the crops . Advices , however , of higher prices both in London and the leading country markets , bave given more firmness to the trade here ; and , upon a fair amount of business , our rates for Wheat have advanced generally 31 to 4 d per bushel . Foreign Flour must also be noted fully 19 per brl higher ; 2 &s Gd to 303 per bfl has been paid
for best bounds of American ; home manufacture has not improved in proportion- Scanty supplies of Oats continue to pat up their value ; fine Irish mealing have brought 2 s 7 d to 2 s 7 $ d per 45 ibg . Oatmeal has met a fair demand at 21 s to 22 s per load , the latter price paid for a-parcel to hold over . We advance our quotations for Barley 3 d to 4 d per COIbs , and there is now very little offering . Beans are Is to 2 s , and Peas 2 s to 3 s per qr dearer . A few hundred qrs of the latter have been sold in bond at 25 s to 273 per qr , and a couple of small parcels of Egyptiaa Beans and I 6 s to 16 s Gd per 4801 bs . 1 , 030 to 20 Q 0 brls of United States Flour havoalso changed hands under lock at 22 s to 23 s per brl .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Jcly 10 . —The market to- ^ ay has been dull aud heavy , with , prices the same as last week . Bsef 51 to 6 d . Mutton od to 5 . id , Lambs 5 H to 6 ^ < i perlb . Number of Cattle : —Beasts 914 , Sheep and Lambs 9 , 344 . Richmond ,, July 8 th . —We hV a fair supply of Grain in our market to-day . Whoat sold from 6 * 6 d to 7 s 3 d ; Oats , 2 s 9 dto 33 lOd ; Barley , 3 a 9 d to 4 s per bushel ; Beans , 3 s 9 d to 43 6 d per bushel . London Smithfield Catixe Market , Monday , July 10 . — "foe demand for a ) l kinds of Beef ruled extremely heavy , and tbe quotations suffered an abatement of quite 2 d per 8 ibs ; the very highest
figuro , for the best Scots and homebreds . not exceeding 4 s per 8 ibs . The numbers of Sheep brought forward were again extensive . Prime old Downs were-very scarce , and commanded tali currencies—ot from 4 s to 4 s 4 d per libs ; but the demand for all other kinds was inactive , at barely stationary prices * For Lambs , last week ' s quotations were hardly maintained . Calves at thf late decline in price , the highest figure being 4 s 6 A per 81 ba , NeateulaU Porkers maintained their previous ralae , but Other qualities were a mere drus . Du ^ ingTthJtpaft week no foreign beasts bare reached Hull , Southampton , or London ; but the first unp ? irtatiott Jbfbs ^ taken place at Bristol , where ten heifersj-fiare been received , in a sailing Vessel , from Nantes , . ,
London Corn ExchaNobj M&bk Lane , Monday , Julv 10 . —The demand for EngliBli Wheat was very active , at an advance in tho quotations obtained on Monday last of fully 2 s pet qr . In fine foreign Wheat the rates improved froia la to 2 s per qr ; for bonded parcels there was more inquiry . Very little Barley was at tnarKet , and thefew qualities offering produced full jpnrrencios . Good sound Malt sold freely ; otheif-kmtfs at late rates . Oats at last week ' s figures . Baans and Peas were quite as dear . The best tpwn-ntade flonr 48 s per 2801 bs . Ship marks were 2 a nigaer .
BOBOU 0 H and Spji alfields . —Old Potatoes are selling at 70 s to 95 a per ton ; bnt in other description ? next to nothing is doing . New Potatoes command a brisk sale i at from 33 to 63 per cwfc . Foreign Potatoes are mostly interior , and may" be purchassd at from 2 s 6 a * to " 4 s per cwt . Borough Hop Market . —The accounts whioh nave come to hand , this morning , from the plantations , being of an unfavourable character—an increase of blight and fly being complained of—the demand , for most kinds of Hops , is firm , and the quotations have an upward tendency . In the duiy , there is scarcely any betting .
Wool Market . — -There has been an unusually large importation of wool into London , during the past week . No further public sales are yet announced ; still , by private contract , a very limited amount of business is passing both in British and Foreign , at barely late rates . Tallow . —The market continues very quiet , with but little disposition maaifeeted to speculate . The quotation is the same as Ifisfc week , but firm , from the circumstance that there ia v « ry little Tallow between London and St . Petereburgh . Town Tallow ia 39 s 6 d to 40 s .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 15, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1221/page/3/
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